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Italian boys names

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MuminItaly · 01/12/2018 21:45

We moved to Italy a few months ago and are expecting our second child. We have chosen 'Luna' for a girl but are struggling to choose a boys name. We would love an Italian name but it needs to transfer well to England as we plan to move back in a year or so.

Names we like:
Alessio
Alberto (nn Albie)
Elia (DH's idea, I'm not so keen)
Monte (midwives say this is not a normal name here though which we are sad by as we loved the meaning of 'mountain' as we are always up exploring in the mountains).

We are both teachers and in our school names such as Lorenzo, Riccardo, Alessandro and Tomasso are very over used. We'd prefer something a bit different.

Thanks for your help.

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Shadow1234 · 01/12/2018 22:52

Luca
Ricardo
Rocco
Gino
Amando
Carlo
Frederico
Gianni
Gilberto
Gio
Mario
Antonio
Aldo
Leonardo
Emillio

MamaDane · 01/12/2018 22:59

Not sure if it's also a name in Italian, but I've always liked Mateo.

ZenNudist · 01/12/2018 23:02

Ludovico, like the composer, ludovico einaudi

ZenNudist · 01/12/2018 23:04

Luciano

Subla2401 · 01/12/2018 23:11

Emilio

mycatplotsdeath · 01/12/2018 23:16

Dante

massistar · 01/12/2018 23:23

Italians don't do out there names so I'd steer clear of Monte. It's not a name.

We've got a Luca. In our family there are Federico, Fillippo, Matteo, Alessandro..

MamaHechtick · 01/12/2018 23:32

I know lots of Italian boys over here in the UK.
Tomasso
Leonardo
Matteo
Vincenzo
Rocco
Luca
Elio
Emilio
Nico
Alessandro
Pasquale
Paolo
Teo

Ivgotasecretcanyoukeepit · 01/12/2018 23:40

Vero

misstilly · 01/12/2018 23:51

My husband is Italian and our shortlist for boys was Santino, Rafael/rafaele, Rocco, massimiliano

jasmin93 · 01/12/2018 23:52

I named my DS (4 weeks) Giacomo.
Our family comes from Rimini. Here are some more options:
Giorgio
Gianni
Fausto
Adriano
Vincenzo
Giuseppe
Luca

StableGenius · 01/12/2018 23:54

Cosimo is my favourite but I also love Raffaello, Domenico, Donato.

KittyConCarne · 02/12/2018 00:08

My male cousins/ relatives are Andrea, Gianluca, Aldo, Carlos, James.

I remember some of their friends' names are Enrico (Ric/ Rico), Piero, Ramiro, Franco, Davide, Riccardo.

chocolatefoxes · 02/12/2018 00:45

Pietro

Cazastrophe · 30/12/2018 03:51

Diego
Dante
Paolo

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MuminItaly · 30/12/2018 07:15

Thanks for all of your suggestions. Smile We are now deciding between:

Alberto (nn Albi or Albie)
Alessio

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Bloodyfucksake · 30/12/2018 07:20

Domenico is my favourite. There's one in my Dad's class and he adorable.

brodiee · 30/12/2018 07:23

Zeno pronounced 'zayn-o'

Monte is fine as a middle name. I quite like it as a first name too. If you're only going to be in Italy a year after baby born I wouldn't worry about it not being a 'real name' in Italy

saffkey1 · 30/12/2018 07:47

I love the name Enzo x

saffkey1 · 30/12/2018 07:51

Although my husbands friend is Italian (he’s an Enzo ) and his boys are called Luca,Marcello and Marco
For reference his daughter is Carmella x

DailyMailFuckRightOff · 30/12/2018 07:54

Francesco, Andrea (boy’s name in italy), Daniele.
FWIW does it matter about not choosing ‘overused’ names if you’re moving back to the UK?

TurquoiseDress · 31/12/2018 14:45

I've always loved the name Luca!

Flamingosnbears · 31/12/2018 14:49

Luca
Alessandro
Florian
Marius
Giovanni

daisypond · 31/12/2018 17:26

I like Alessio more than Alberto.

IdaBWells · 01/01/2019 00:51

Giulio (Julio)
Loris

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